ETHIOPIA / SOUTH SUDAN PEACE TALKS

STORY: ETHIOPIA / SOUTH SUDAN PEACE TALKS
TRT: 02:26
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 22 MAY 2018, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

SHOTLIST:

1. Various shot, meeting
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Elia Lomoro Cabinet Affairs Minister:
“Our view as a Government is that we cannot canton all the forces, and in fact, when they say all, they mean both the SPLA, National Security, police, fire brigade, everybody, then hand over the country to a United Nations force and for us that means trusteeship - handing over our country to the UN and that is not practical. What we think is reasonable is to canton forces that are close to each other in the area of war, where there is war.”
3. Med shot, flags
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Teny Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In-Opposition Representative:
“We think this is an opportunity for us to start from scratch to really put together an appropriate process that will help us produce members who would be in the security sector who would know their roles. We know our security sector is, not only tribal, but it is political. You need to create a security sector that is subordinate to the civil authority - civil authority and not identifying with the different leaders. To us that is paramount and this would give us a very good start to embark on nation-building.”
5. Various shot, meeting of High level negotiations
6. SOUNDBITE English) Joram Biswaro, Head of African Union in South Sudan:
“The question of South Sudan should be resolved political and not militarily. In this regard, we expect some compromise to be made by the principals here and that should be to put the interests of the South Sudanese ahead of their personal ones.”
7. Various shot, meeting of High level negotiations

STORYLINE:

Six days into the High-Level Revitalization Forum, taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and bringing together representatives of warring parties in South Sudan, there is concern from all sides that little progress has been made.

The South Sudan Council of Churches has been leading private negotiations between the parties to try and narrow the gap between their positions.

But it has now handed back responsibility for making progress to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). While high-level agreement has been reached on the need for new security arrangements in the conflict-ridden country, consensus on implementation remains elusive.

SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Elia Lomoro Cabinet Affairs Minister:
“Our view as a government is that we cannot canton all the forces, and in fact, when they say all, they mean both the SPLA, National Security, police, fire brigade, everybody, then hand over the country to a UN force. For us, that means trusteeship - handing over our country to the UN and that is not practical. What we think is reasonable is to canton forces that are close to each other in the area of war, where there is war.”

Angelina Teny represented the opposition side in talks.

SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Teny Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In-Opposition Representative:
“We think this is an opportunity for us to start from scratch to really put together an appropriate process that will help us produce members who would be in the security sector who would know their roles. We know our security sector is, not only tribal, but it is political. You need to create a security sector that is subordinate to the civil authority - civil authority and not identifying with the different leaders. To us, that is paramount and this would give us a very good start to embark on nation-building.”

The warring parties have again committed to the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement signed just five months ago, despite fighting continuing to flare in hot spots across the country.

SOUNDBITE English) Joram Biswaro, Head of African Union in South Sudan:
“The question of South Sudan should be resolved political and not militarily. In this regard, we expect some compromise to be made by the principals here and that should be to put the interests of the South Sudanese ahead of their personal ones.”


The talks have been extended another 48 hours in an attempt to make genuine progress. IGAD will present a compromise solution to the parties this evening in the hope that lasting peace can be reached.